About Dorothy Richards
Lived 1916 – 2016 (aged 99–100). Dorothy Richards was a writer.
Dorothy Richards (1916–2016) was an Australian writer.
Biography Richards spent most of her life in Williamstown. She completed her primary education from Strathmore Grammar School, which later became Westbourne Grammar School. Later, she attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne. She was married to Harold Richards.
Her interest in writing developed when she joined Friday Writers. During her writing career, she wrote for the Australian Women's Weekly and the Weekly Times. Based on her writing, a movie named My Father Is a Wonderful Man was released.
Books An Anthology of Aunts: Growing Up in Williamstown (1998) Free Range (2007)
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Who was Dorothy Richards?
Australian writer
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Dorothy Richards was born in 1916.
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Dorothy Richards died in 2016.
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Dorothy Richards was a writer.
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